Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 114-121 , June 2008

The sleepy adolescent: causes and consequences of sleepiness in teens

  • Melisa Moore

      Affiliations

    • Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3624 Market Street, Suite 205, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Lisa J. Meltzer

      Affiliations

    • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street, 14th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2008.01.001

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 114-121 , June 2008

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